The Republican journal., 1887-04-21

MATTER ron INVESTIGATION.


n"'" Wa "i''"',' ,on" IT" 'r W'N -
on ear coll tells 4 story that ,asl, serious re-.
nrr,i,n upon thr lif, ..x in,r crev al IN, seem,
nf th,. wreck 'rhcr. wer. fnur If then on
thr stranded ,choou.r md he rllim. that the
hf, ,ayin,c rrev ramr within ,fty f,.nt Of thn,n
ana then returned To th, shore. Olsen say.
IN. .ra was comnar,tiyelv ,nonth then onL
thrrn was no rr,sou why aU fnur ,yrr, MOI
saved. The men c,mn,, TO- thr fi.s,riur ,lI lay
AMI ,,,,ll 500 tLr Ifr Swim, crew ,t,,In,, IN,
The shore. but they made no ,tteniDt TO res,I.
tbrm. Hv tha next mornip,r two of th, men
lad died. olsen .ay, th. life boat only came
nut nnr, aud tb,n Certainly wa. near ,.uou'ri,
to throw a line if II coIlll NOT reach the vessel.
mo men at thn Iif,. Sayin'r station rlam ,hnt
they vent to thn wreck several tin,rs hut ols,,,
denies this and ,ay, than they ,,tt,.nntn'l If Lut
once. and then thew cIamed that the boat was
fun of wafer and had 10 put about ON account
of thr hcayy son. olsen sny. tL, < were only
about 400 wards from the shore and that the,
mirht have been rescued in two bour. If thc
life >ayiu~ men had any ul,trk II i, kuowu
by the records that When th. vessel WI,
wrecked the sea WA, running very bi.h. Olsen.
hjn.llf. said that il wns breakinr IN oyrr iii
vessel and the men wrr,. forcrI to take ia tn,.
ri,r,rino The Assistant Iu.prrtor of th. IN.
>alin% station hl. been jnyr.tieatin.. the mittnr
And Nv everything pos.ibIe w1. ,l1nr and tI.t
the sailor. c6nId ,Int bay, hcpu rrsruaI by the
life men. The matter Viii be further jnie,ti-
gated.
THE GI-rrysr,.n. coNNIssIoNrHs.
Under the resolve passed by the last Leri,l,-
ture relative to the erection of memorials on
the battlefield of (,ettyslulrp in commcmora-
ton of Maine, part in the great conflict. Gov
crnor Bodwell has designated fifteen commits
>ioners. lie appointed men who We're IN com
u;tnd in the three DAYS battle I;y tha ,.ro-
visions of thc act the Governor becomes chair
man Of the board making sixteen commissions
err in All. They will leave the State on Monday.
May 2nd and arriving in Boston will ioin the
Vermont delegation. dcnarting for the battle.
ground Tuesday. Following are the Commits
>ionerS Hon. Joseph Il. Bodwcl COL Charlie,
y. Smith, First Maine Cavalry Fort Clark.
Texas: Cot. Moses B. i.akeinan. Third Maine
Infantry Maiden. Mass. Col. Elijah Walker.
Fourth Maine Infantry. H0ykland, Me-: COL
CLARK : Edwards Fifth Maine Intantrv,
Bethel: Lt.-Col. B. +. Harris. Sixth Maine
Infantry. Augusta: Col. Srcn Gonnor. Sew
enth Maine Infantry, Augusta: Col. John
Bpard>icv. Tenth Maine Infantry Washing
ton. Ark: Col. Charles w Tilden. Sixteenth
Maine Infantry. IIallowcl.: Charles b. Merrill.
Seventeenth Maine Infantry. Portland: Col
Francis +. Heath, Nineteenth Maine Infantry.
Watervile; Col. Joshua l.. Chamberlain.
Twentieth Maine Infantry. New York: Gen.
Charles lIamlin, staff of Second Division.
ihiri Army Corps, Bangor Me-: Capt. james
craa"i,.f ~ St.,n ,;tt,, nnt,nn az
Cu,t tIlyin y bow Iixt' H".t'ri par,i'1 ,.m'ta,'t
HE LIQUOR LAW IN AUGUSTA.
An Augusta despatch TO the Portland Press
saws: The druggists here are much correrned
about the liquor law passed by the Iast Leg
isi;:ture which takes effect the 11th inst. The
;,rsat0 tucie section which i the teeth OF the
bils is exciting much spcculation 4 well
knawn LAWYER, "A member of the Legislature.
wlio voted for the bill. says there is n >crio,is
question As TO thr STRENGTH of thp oj;,lu f,ci.
clasuSe. Heretofore, Jrima facic evidence has
been employed almost wholly in civil eases and
hls NOT been admissible us conclusive i'm erimi-
nal actions. Now the ctlectiyrnc.. of the law
seem, 10 hinge on tliis: Must The Prosecution
furnish evidence in addition to the proof that
thu respondent pays a United States Retailers
tax. or shall the RESPONDENT he OBLIGED to
present evidence that he did not sell inuor.
Tlu. druggists propose to take a test ease to the
court for decision. and if th. payment Of n re-
tailer's tax is held rs conclusive thrn the ljmnor
dealers will be in "a bad box: otherwise there
will be no serious change from the present
state of affairs This is the LAWYERS opinion
| and can lee taken for what if is worth MANY
of the lquor sellers here have shut up sboD
and tIclartcd for parts unknown. They are
| afraid of the Grand Jury as thr new County
| Attorney. l.. T. Carleton, il MAKING strenuous
| efforts to indct offenders against the law.
~ crxi,pH
| 'eAiei L. 10 ne ii9hteu ny electllcltN.
nu2u>ta "i!i organize a board ol traac.
mere nave preh loflI-lnree snow storms on
| lhe h"hltier KiNer since NOV. Il.
was iroZeh 50 SolIh that people walked on 1t
| IRON on ouioWn 10 me icmotsfol boom.
he maine ehlrai VII ISSUE 'o'ooo cope, OF
| nf. W. b' Lapll:iiiiS =" ith Zen and Teheli at
M0uht l'e>cr' th'S season.
tiir l'iesi enterprise iioiTh T"Al l. me nulitI-
lh% oi Il faiFo;ti from Augusta 10 me National
9o,'iieis lio'lie'
senator fiaie Saii"n ior iiaNre Allr. SIN to JON
| MS la'illiy anu spend the Sulhncr Ill European
| 'r%Ne!.
A'non2 me Ia1e entries received at ne Ma
l,o'a' piiii hefflHafters, Wa>iih-toii' H. LIS
| ,'fi OF company u. 81 Name regiment OF
! Lewiston.
y iau! III o"oW ne9al 'ook hoiinh recently to
di''PfI Il p'hco,iiioh 'hat iaa been II! Use Tor
>tNfra' years. Inc result WAS loo needles OF All
>EitS w "hi Siz'>:
| ne 7tatc Ge 'aiaio-uc contains me
l.aiies Oh ~ Nthlvft>' olNid'd AS l"ii"W>: ~
seniors. Z"JuiiiorS: - SppiohpFts. ''9 FRESH
hi'h' 9pecIhi> "!l. fo>, 'fa'i'iate.
SANFORD mas W"lff Work> ana ritrtllr ',shi>
aii'i 'i'i opera house j. III 'ouf> OF construction.
me latest news Is that a base ball club is about
10 he organized.
me hoNefhof anu ouhc!i llaNc D"rll p"titi1ii-
r,l TO- grant parton to John +. Lawrence.
,he iahTof murderer. aiid James a. Casey ot
| fU:iIalh' III prison Tor forgery.
me me puilh!l@ owned -; Ebcm hcel!oh
III East iiaiapuei' was hnlii:'l Apfil from 'he
hufiilii9 ON o1 Il CHIMNEY! Loss SSoOJ; lii>tii-
| cH ior S.D'.
non p1Hi" 'oWah' 'N-HaN"f OF Lewiston,
dieI al MS f's"chee III HAT city recently
a2ed "z. ne was It Wiiciy KNOWN ami ioioftd
| clt.nth 'ti." prominent hi>oh.
| ihe nl9Se>t Noltihe OF actS ana resolves
| W!il'h mas ever hccii puoh>heu hy me state VIII
DE thal 10 De issued about the ia>t OF the pres
ent month OF the lirst OF May. 1t vii, be book
OF over 400 pages.
III Tie case OF frazier Gilman ". Maine Cen
tra Haifoad Co., 10 IN the prlce OF the site Of
tn" Name Central Railroad shops at Water
Nill". an ainlcabic settlement has been reached
ny which the Company pays Gilman about 50
ooo Tor 'he !ahd.
Many shlpowherS ot bath have pcililonod
the cltY government for a lower valuation on
vessel property. maintaining that the present
valuation Is 30 per cent. in excess of market
Naiue ana that the shipping business does not
pay expenses.
I'M me purchase from George A. Mathews
ESQ, oi the Plne Tree slate quarry at Monsoon
by the Mohson slate Company the latter com
Pahy HOW owns iii OF the luarrles III that VII
laSe except tic oid pirlyo, one OF the first ol-
ene, there, which J., still owned by the heirs OF
the late Mr.. fiiil, OF Berwick.
u: NJ. Goweli. who has been farm supern
tendent at the Maine State College for five ol
SIX years has resigned. and viii 20 to the west
erh part OF the State. Professor Walter Balen
tine will have general charge of the farm the
coming season. AS there are no cattle II vii
be run wholly as Il hay farm.
There Is considerable excitement in August;
just now over land speculation in Kansas, ant
quite number have the Western fever. Twg
n Ia ~ K,